USA > New Jersey > Essex County > Newark > A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey : embracing practically two and a half centuries, 1666-1913 Volume III > Part 17
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59
ISAAC SHOENTHAL
Isaac Shoenthal, one of the leading merchants and manufacturers of Newark, was born in Pennsylvania, about 1860. He came to Orange, New Jersey, with his parents, Moses and Emelie Shoenthal, in 1863.
Mr. Shoenthal entered the public schools, and early gave marked evidence of his cleverness and industry. At the age of twenty-seven he embarked in the cigar manufacturing business, and from the first start in 1887 showed his executive qualities and gained success. By the year 1910,
١٠ م
:1
جود
h.1
1
.1
٢٠٤٠٠
٠٫٠
١ ٠٤٢٠١١٢
لا
111
6. 6. Bond
TICETITW
Miliau. M.repous.
---
-
.. ....
115
BIOGRAPHICAL
after witnessing the failure of many rivals, his own business had grown to such proportions that he was obliged to erect new buildings, and accord- ingly started another factory in Newark. Like the first enterprise this increase in his facilities for producing an improved make of finished cigars proved remarkably successful, and he continued to increase in wealth and general prosperity. He has become one of the chief manufacturers of cigars In New Jersey, handling goods that carry the best grades of American tobacco.
Haar Shoenthal has also been of importance in the political affairs of Hi. community, and was elected alderman of the old First Ward, Orange, In 1998, Alling this position to the great popular satisfaction. His con- twenty In the same year elected him a member of the board of freeholders. In 1904 his efficiency In the foregoing offices, and the high regard in which Ids party, the Democratic party, held him was evinced by their nominating him .for mayor of Orange, to which honorable office he was elected. At the end of his term no more satisfactory candidate could be found, and Mr. Shoenthal was obliged to allow his name to be used for candidacy a second time, and was fortunate again to be victorious at the polls. Resting for a time from the exacting demands of official position, he was again prevailed upon In 1909 to enter the arena and was elected to the office of surrogate.
Among the associations to which Mr. Shoenthal belongs are the Free and Accepted Masons, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Eagles, the Order of Moose, the Odd Fellows, the Foresters of America, the Heptasophs, the Woodmen of America, the Joel Parker Association, and the Progress and Jeffersonian clubs, as well as many others. His per- sonal characteristics of good comradeship and sympathy with the ideas of others, as well as his brilliance in expressing his own powerful conceptions of right and wrong, have made Mr. Shoenthal an influential and highly esteemed member of all these fraternal organizations.
Isaac Shoenthal married April 18, 1890, Addie Raffertey. Their chil- dren are: Emily, born January 31, 1891; Milton, born April 18, 1892, en- Kaged with his father in the business of manufacturing cigars.
WILLIAM W. LYONS
William W. Lyons, of Newark, New Jersey, a member of the well known corporation, The Heller Tool Company, is of English birth. For some generations his paternal ancestors have been chemists. His grandfather, William Lyons, was a chemist in Manchester, England, for many years. His son, also named William, was a well known chemist in the same city, where he married Ann Guthrie, and had children: Joseph, who succeeded him in his business; Henry, now deceased, who was also a chemist, and William W. Lyons, who was born in Manchester; England, May 3, 1855. Hle was educated at the Manchester grammar school, England. Two years were then spent in study at Neuwied, Germany, and one year, 1871-72, at Dunkirk, France. During the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71, Mr. Lyons was an assistant in the American Red Cross Association. In 1877 he went to South Africa and, after a stay of two years, returned to England. Shortly afterward he decided to make his home in America, and arrived at New York City in 1880, since which time he has resided in the United States.
The company of Dodge, Blake & Lyons was organized by Mr. Lyons, they manufacturing file grinding and forging machinery. In 1881 Mr. Heller became interested in the corporation, purchased the interest of Mr. Blake, the firm name being changed to that of Dodge, Heller & Lyons.
٥
4.
1
1
مع
116
HISTORY OF NEWARK
Mr. Dodge retired in 1890, taking up his residence in Florida, his interests being assumed by the remaining partners, and the firm name was again changed, this time to the name it bears at the present time (1913)-The Heller Tool Company. Mr. Lyons is president of the Woodside Building and Loan Association, and is a member of the St. George Society of New York, the Forest Hill Social Club and the Forest Hill Golf Club. Mr. Lyons married Cynthia Dodge, whom he had met in England, and who is a daughter of James Dodge, of New York. They have one child: Ethel J., who married W. T. Chisholm.
ELMER S. CARR
Elmer S. Carr, one of the well-known men in the banking business in Newark, and the secretary and treasurer of the City Trust Company, was born May 26, 1878, in Yonkers, New York. His parents were William and Sarah A. (Simmonds) Carr. His father was born in the Empire State and his mother in New Jersey. His father, a successful business man, is vice- president of the William Gibson Company, Incorporated, dealers in lumber.
Elmer S. Carr went through the usual course of public schools that falls to the lot of the average American boy of good parentage, attending those of New York City and passing on in regular order to the high school of Yonkers. He graduated from the high school of Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1894. His leaving school was followed immediately by his entrance into the world of business, securing positions in East Orange and in New York. In June, 1901, the City Trust Company was being organized, and in 1902, in the early part of the year, he became connected with it as bookkeeper. He was later advanced in 1903 to the position of teller, and 1907 saw him elected to that of secretary and treasurer, the office which he has since held. Politically Mr. Carr is a Republican. He is a member of the New England Society of Orange, of the South Orange Field Club, of the Maple- wood Field Club, and of Maple Lodge, No. 196, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Carr married, in 1904, Henrietta W., daughter of Richard II. Barker, of Nowark.
FRANK GRAD
Among the architects of whom Newark can be genuinely proud is the young Austrian, Frank Grad, who as a youth of nineteen came to this country ten years ago, and in that short space of time has made a success of himself in his chosen profession of architecture. . He was born in Austria, March 27, 1883, the son of Osios Grad, a painter and decorator in Austria, and his wife, Minnie (Keinstreich) Grad. After a course in preparatory schools in Austria, Frank Grad studied mechanical engineering in a school of technology. His education was further supplemented by a course in technology at Vienna, where he specialized in architecture. After completing his studies he spent a year and a half in England, working as a mechanical draughtsman. Believing that he could rise most rapidly in his profession in the United States, he sailed for America on the steamer "Melono" and landed in New York December 24, 1902. He immediately entered the employment of Gould & Eberhardt, of Newark, where he remained for a year and a half, after which he took a position with the Domestic Sewing Machine Company as draftsman. Ambitious to enter the profession which had attracted him from the first, the young man soon severed his
---
1
1
.
:: 1.1 ...
٠١٠٠
::
?!
100
- 1
:1
:
(٠
- 1
ACar
AC FIDDY
- -
@+Guerrill
WWWAILE NMD YTEEM ЭЛ% БЛОГИЮ-Скасек
117
BIOGRAPHICAL
connection with the Domestic Sewing Machine Company, and entered the offices of Laurence F. Weir, architect, of New York City. He remained with Mr. Weir for three years, thoroughly schooling himself in the technique of architecture, and in 1906, believing the time had come when he might successfully start in business for himself, he left New York, went to New Jersey, and after passing the state examinations, located in Newark.
Among the many buildings designed by Mr. Grad may be mentioned: The Joseph Okin apartment house, at the corner of Howard street and Thirteenth avenue, costing $45,000; the Joseph Mann apartment houses on Boston street, costing $40,000; the jewelry factory for John F. Schrink, at the corner of Mulberry and Emmet streets, costing $35,000; the office building for Morris Otisky at Main street, Orange, costing $40,000; the department store at Morristown for Salny Brothers, costing $40,000; the apartment block for Joseph Green on Washington street, Bloomfield, costing $35,000; the private residence of A. M. Rosenburg, on Tracy and Avon avenues, costing $15,000; the apartment house block for Jacob Henachor- vitz, at the corner of South Orange avenue and Twelfth street; the apart- ment for the Union Building Company at the corner of South Orange avenue and Morris avenue, costing $70,000; the Hyman Ilarris office build- ing, at the corner of Beacon street and South Orange avenue, costing $50,000; the warehouse for Job De Camp at Railroad avenue and Oliver street, costing $60,000; amusement hall for Alderman Lewis Semel, at Prince and Montgomery streets, costing $65,000. Mr. Grad is an active member of the State Board of Architects. In addition to his strictly pro- fessional work Mr. Grad is also a director in the Traders' Building and Loan Association., Besides his many business activities he is also inter- ested in fraternal orders, and is a member of the Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, Lodge No. 22; of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 272; of the A. O. B. A., of Newark.
Mr. Grad married, June 7, 1907, Kitty, daughter of Bernard and Dora Furst, of Newark, and has one son, Bernard, born December 28, 1908.
DAVID H. MERRITT
There is always particular interest attaching to the life of a man who has turned the tide of success, and has shown his ability to cope with others in the daily struggle to reach the coveted goal. Each must fight his own way to the front of the field or else be overtaken by disaster and left far behind. The career of David H. Merritt, president of the National Newark Banking Company, of Newark, New Jersey, has been especially meritorious, and one which may well be held up as an example for others to imitate.
David H. Merritt was born at Housatonic, Massachusetts, June 29, 1851, and was but two years of age when his parents removed with their family to New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was in the schools of that city that he received his education, which was a sound, practical one, and in the course of which he distinguished himself by his unusual excellence in all studies connected with calculations of any sort. Having completed his education, he entered the employ of the National Bank of New Jersey, at New Brunswick, at the age of fifteen years, and has been connected with financial matters since that time. In April, 1870, he resigned this position in order to accept that of paying teller in the Newark City National Bank. Ilis ability was made apparent at every point, and he held in succession the offices of assistant cashier, and then vice-president and cashier. Upon the consolidation of the Newark City National Bank and the National Newark
-
٦٠وية٠٦٠٩ ٠٠٠١)
:
١٠٠٠
١٠
أراءا
٠٫٠
أن.
٠٠
٠٠٠
.1
٥٫٠٠
٠١١
١٠
٠١١٠٠٠٠
٠٠:٠
118
HISTORY OF NEWARK
Banking Company, May 12, 1902, Mr. Merritt was elected to fill the office of vice-president. Edward G. Campbell, president of the company, died in 1905, and Mr. Merritt was elected to succeed him, and has filled the presi- dential office since that time. He is interested in a number of other financial enterprises, and is a director in the Howard Savings Institution. As a member of the Board of Trade of Newark, Mr. Merritt holds a position of much importance, and his opinions are listened to with close attention by his fellow members. Mr. Merritt has justly attained distinction in financial circles not alone in Newark and the State of New Jersey but throughout the United States, as the progressive, yet conservative, views which he has voiced in crises of the greatest importance have been of the greatest benefit in determining lines of conduct. Personally he is of dignified and imposing appearance, with a kindly gleam in his eyes which belies the serious cast of his features.
July 9, 1873, witnessed the marriage of Mr. Merritt to Mary, daughter of Osias Olds, of Van Deusenville, Massachusetts; they have one daughter, Edna.
JAMES C. HALLOCK
Nothing broadens the mind of a man in as comprehensive a manner as extended travel, and tlfis fact has been thoroughly realized by James C. Hallock, deputy chief engineer of the Board of Street and Water Com- missioners of the city of Newark, New Jersey. He was born in the state of Nevada in 1869, and is the son of James F. and Sarah L. (Currie) Hal- lock. The greater part of his boyhood was spent in Moriches, Long Island, New York, in the home of his grandparents, his mother having died when he was less than two years old. Mr. Hallock was a pupil in the Peekskill Military Academy, where his training was a thorough one, physically as well as mentally, and from there went to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute of Troy, New York, from which he was graduated in the class of 1891, the degree of Civil Engineer being conferred upon him. He was at once offered a position with the Troy Iron and Steel Company, which he accepted and held until one year later, when he resigned it in order to enter upon his duties as an appointee of the United States government. This was in the Coast Survey Corps, but he held this but a short time, having had an advantageous offer from the government of Ecuador, South America. Hle remained in office in South America for two years, then returned to the United States and located at San Francisco, California, where he was en- gaged in the practice of his profession for a period of six years. Having again received an excellent offer from the government of Ecuador, as engineer, he returned to that country in 1901, and in 1903 he was advanced to the responsible post of chief engineer and director general of public works. Resigning from office in Ecuador in 1906, Mr. Hallock again re- turned to the United States, and was appointed by the state of New Jersey as engineer of the flood district commission on the Passaic river, an office he filled very capably for a period of six months, and at the same time he established himself in the private practice of his profession in the city of Newark.
In 1907 he was appointed as an engineer of the state water supply commission, and in February, 1909, he became chief engineer's assistant under the Board of Street and Water Commissioners. In November, 1910, he was appointed to his present office, in which his executive ability and technical knowledge have earned for him the highest commendations. Hle
-
--
€1
,た
it:)10 -1
٠٫٠
1
٠ ٠
1
1
٠٠ ١٢٠
بهم
٠١٤٠
YI.
٤٫٢٠
1.1 1'
:٠
: 126 . 384
٠٠:٠
1.
119
BIOGRAPHICAL
is a member of the Engineers' Club of New York, and of the American Society of Civil Engineers, in both of which he is held in high esteem, and his counsels are sought by his colleagues.
Hr. Hallock married in San Francisco, California, in 1906, Alice Ches- more, of that city. The abilities of Mr. Hallock are unquestionably of a high order, his ideas are original, and his influence is a widespread one. fle has been successfully identified with many important undertakings, and his exceptional devotion to his duties has gained for him the supreme confidence of his fellow citizens.
FRANK J. MURRAY
Frank J. Murray, mayor of Orange, New Jersey, and the youngest mayor in the entire state, has blazed the way for his followers in many directions. It is not alone that he has shown ability of an unusually high order, it is the fact that he has shown this to such an exceptional extent at a time of life when the majority of aspirants to important public office are still at the very commencement of their careers. He has also been successfully identified with much important litigation, which of itself would have gained for him renown and prestige.
Mr. Murray was born in New York City, May 14, 1884, and is the son of Michael and Elizabeth Aloysa (Daly) Murray, of Orange, the former a master carpenter. Young Frank spent four years, 1894-1898, as a student in St. Vincent's Academy, Newark, then attended the Orange High School, from which he was graduated in 1902. Three years later he was graduated from the New York University Law School, the degree of Bachelor of Laws being conferred upon him. At the close of his first year's work he was awarded the first faculty scholarship by the university, standing second in the examinations in a class of 200 students. In June, 1907, he was admitted as an attorney to the bar of New Jersey, and in February, 1911, he was admitted as counsellor. Immediately after his admission to the bar he established himself in the practice of his chosen profession in both Newark and Orange, and his careful and successful management of the cases entrusted to his care soon resulted in the acquisition of an extensive and lucrative practice. The energy which he threw into the conduct of cases was characteristic of him in all that he undertook. From his earliest manhood he had displayed the deepest interest in all matters concerning the public welfare of the community in every direction, and soon became one of the noted and forcible speakers of the Republican party. In 1908 he was elected as a member of the common council of Orange, being the youngest council- man ever elected there. In 1911 he was elected a member of the General Assembly, in which capacity he has rendered very efficient service. In 1912 he was the Republican candidate for mayor of Orange, and was elected by a very creditable majority in spite of the fact that this was a Democratic year. Mr. Murray was the first Republican elected there in sixteen years. He is a member of a number of fraternal and other organi- zations, among them being: The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus, of Orange.
Mr. Murray married, July 14, 1909, Elizabeth Marie Young, of Newark, and their children are: Helen Elizabeth and Mary. Well versed in the science of law and civil government, Mr. Murray has a brilliant future before him. In debate he is keen and skilful, and in developing and gaining his points he does not rely upon his eloquence alone, but this has a solid foundation in the unwearled diligence with which he studies and tolls.
.1
+212
..
:
。」
1
F
1
0円
-
١١٠
٠٠
.1
..
120
HISTORY OF NEWARK
ULRICH EBERHARDT
Ulrich Eberhardt, manufacturer, and at the time of his death president of Gould & Eberhardt, Incorporated, was a man of broad and liberal ideas, a wide-awake business man, yet with a heart filled with love for his fellow creatures and sympathy for those in trouble.
Born in the village of Mettlen, canton of Turgau, Switzerland, Decem- ber 4, 1841, his boyhood years were passed there and there he received his education. While his father was of noble ancestry, being a relative of Count Ulrich Eberhardt, of Wurtemburg, Germany, they were not possessed of great worldly wealth. Believing that the New World offered better oppor- tunities for advancement for himself and his family, Mr. Eberhardt, Sr., decided to emigrate to America. This resolution was carried into effect in the early fifties, the journey to Havre being made by wagon, a fatiguing trip, and the voyage to New York was accomplished in a sailing vessel in the comparatively short time, for those days, of forty days.
Arriving in the United States, the family located in Newark, where young Ulrich commenced to earn his living by stripping tobacco. Even at the outset of his career he displayed those qualities of ambitious persever- ance that won for him the successes of his later years. Although forced to add to the income of the family by daily employment, which precluded the possibility of attending school during the day, he determined to supple- ment the education he had received in his native land. To this end he attended the Newark evening schools, and rapidly acquired a knowledge of the English language and its literature.
Before attaining his majority his natural aptitude for mechanics and his abilities in that direction became decidedly marked. Determined to devote his life to mechanical pursuits, he obtained employment, operating an engine in the Ward Rule Works in Newark, but being desirous of laying the foundation for a thorough knowledge of the science of mechanics, he apprenticed himself, April 9, 1859, for a period of three and one-half years to Ezra Gould, who was then running a small machine shop in Newark, which he had started in 1833. In this connection he at once developed a high order of ability that might really be called genius, and applied himself with such industry and enthusiasm that his worth was soon recognized by his employer, who, before his term of apprenticeship had expired, made him foreman of the shop, a position which he held while still an apprentice, and received therefor only the wage of an apprentice-three dollars and fifty cents per week.
He entered upon the duties of this position with a determination to guard and shield the interests of his employer, and throughout his career as an employee he never deviated from that principle. His qualities of leader- ship and organization were invaluable to the enterprise and, in 1877, he was rewarded by admission into partnership with Mr. Gould, the firm name becoming E. Gould & Eberhardt. With this additional advance he became inspired with more confidence in his ability and inaugurated new and pro- gressive methods, which brought increased prosperity to the firm, whose reputation as the most competent designers and manufacturers of high class machine tools rapidly spread throughout the United States, and ulti- mately became well known throughout the world.
In 1890 Mr. Gould retired from the firm, and Mr. Eberhardt acquired complete control of the business. This was continued under the firm name of Gould & Eberhardt, and was subsequently incorporated under the name of Gould & Eberhardt, Incorporated. Mr. Eberhardt was president of this
--- -
1
4
Fil
一、
٠٫٠٠
.. 1
t ;;
1.
.
:。
V
٢٠
-
---
-------
ـوك
121
BIOGRAPHICAL
corporation, and was the controlling spirit until the time of his death. He acquired additional fame through many patented improvements and con- veniences in machine tool construction.
At the time Mr. Eberhardt became sole owner of the business the firm had already won renown as builders of high class automatic tools. Under his direction especial attention was paid to automatic gear cutting machin- ery, shapers and upright drill presses, and in these lines great progress was made. He invented many essential features of construction which won distinction for the machines. When the first demand for American tools came from Europe, the Eberhardt machines were received with marked favor abroad, and a very large export business was acquired by the firm. The large increase in the output of the business necessitated increased facilities for manufacturing, so that it was but a short time before the plant of the firm was too small for its business, although additions had been made from time to time. Mr. Eberhardt again displayed his genius by re- constructing the entire building, making of it a more modern steel form structure, this undertaking being accomplished without interfering in any way with the operation of the machine shop during this period. Some of their specialities are: Automatic gear cutting machines, rack cutting ma- chinery, and especial attention is paid to quality. The official heads of the company at the present time are: Frederick L. Eberhardt, president and general manager; Ulrich Eberhardt, vice-president and treasurer, and Henry Ezra Eberhardt, secretay.
Mr. Eberhardt took unusual interest in the men in his employ. He placed many young men in positions wherein they developed careers of great usefulness; some of them occupy important positions in the business which he founded, while others have gone forth into new fields, but all have always been influenced throughout their careers by his teachings and kind advice. Many of his early associates were foremen in his shops at the time of his death.
He was a man of distinguished appearance and possessed remarkable executive ability and personal magnetism. He had absolute control over his men, to whom he was always fair-minded, respecting their rights, but at the same time demanding that they respect his. In consequence of this mode of procedure he never experienced the unpleasantness of a strike or of trouble with his employees.
Although deeply engrossed in his business affairs, he was a man of public spirit, ever taking a lively but unpretending and quiet interest in local and state affairs. He was deeply concerned in the welfare of the young, and gave particular attention to the advancement of the Newark Technical School and similar institutions elsewhere. He believed that the youth of this and future generations would be benefited most by technical education, and his influence was always enlisted in behalf of institutions where technical knowledge was taught. His privato charities could not be listed, as what he bestowed was given without ostentation, and unknown to all except himself and the recipients. He was a member of Newark Lodge No. 7, Free and Accepted Masons, and was a working member of the Presbyterian church.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.